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Pat Roberts: I am concerned with yet another agency putting out a litany of regulations that will raise transaction costs, stifle…

On the recordJune 14, 2011
I am concerned with yet another agency putting out a litany of regulations that will raise transaction costs, stifle legitimate economic activity, increase unemployment, and create new risks and uncertainty where it did not exist before.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

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Worries about regulations harming economic activity and increasing costs.

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